Course Description:

Through direct investigation, students will examine the motion and appearance of the night sky, characterize and classify astronomical objects such as planets, moons, stars, nebulae, and galaxies, and become familiar with modem observational tools and techniques.

Lab - 52.5 (Total)

UC/CSU

Units: 1

Credit Type: Credit/Degree Applicable

Prerequisites/corequisites:

Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ASTR 1, 17, 18, or 19

Advisories:

MATH 30; ENGL 88 or ESL 188 or readiness for college-level English

Waitlist and Add/Drop Procedure

Waitlist Information:

If you are trying to register for this class before instruction begins, and the class is closed you may place yourself on the waitlist.

If a student in this class drops and a seat becomes available, you will be notified by an email sent to your CCSF email account. You have 24 hours to register for the class once the email has been sent. If you do not register in that time frame, you will be removed from the waitlist and the next student on the list will be offered the opportunity to register for the class.

I will recommend you to monitor your waitlist status daily in your email account and in myRAM Portal to ensure you will not miss your opportunity to register for the class.

Add Process:

When the instruction starts, you may request to add in this class.

Here is how you start the Add process:

1. Starting the first day of class, go to MyRam Portal at MyCCSF.

2. Click the Student Portal tile.

3. Click on the bullet point titled Class Add Request.

4. Select the term (Fall or Spring + Year)

5. Enter the CRN number XXXXX of this class 

6. Click "GO"

I will start adding students after the 1st day of instruction. I will check add request daily. However, I will not likely to approve add request after the 2nd week of instruction. Since this is a lab course, I will not be able to add more students above the cap of the class. The cap is set at 35 for this class.

I will approve you if this class is not full. You will receive an email notification. You will have to register for the class within 48 hours after my approval. If you do not register after 48 hours of my approval, I will rescind the offer. 

I will recommend you to monitor your add status daily in your email account and in myRAM Portal to ensure you will not miss your opportunity to register for the class. 

Drop Policy:

In addition, the Drop policy is based on attendance. In an online class, attendance = participation.  Simply logging in to the course does not count as attendance or participation. Attendance will be taken based on your submitting lab assignments weekly. If you fail to submit weekly lab assignment(s) when due, you will be marked absent for that week.. There are three different ways that I may drop you from the course, 

1. If you do not engage in the first week of class and complete Module 0 and Module 1 by the due dates, 

2. If you have two consecutive weeks of absences before Last Date Of Withdrawal

3. If you cumulatively miss more than three labs before the Last Date Of Withdrawal

Important Dates

Spring 2024

• February 26, 2024 -- Instruction begins

• March 4, 2024 -- Last date to drop with a refund

• March 11, 2024 -- Last date to add

• March 11, 2024 -- Last date to drop without a W

• May 2, 2024 --  Last date to withdraw with a W

• May 22, 2024 -- Instruction ends

As soon as the new semester starts, you may begin the course on your own. CCSF emails instructions on how to login to CCSF's Canvas system. If you have not received these instructions, you most likely are not checking the account that CCSF has on file as your email address. Unless you have set it up otherwise, the default is the mail.ccsf.edu address assigned to you by the college. 

I will facilitate an OPTIONAL 30 minutes live session Q&A on Every Mondays during the 12-week instruction,. to give you a guided module tour via live video conferencing (CityZoom), answer any questions you have. If you can’t join us live, we will also record the session so everyone will have access.